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by darklajid 4235 days ago
Nah. I really don't believe that this idea of a ban in the EU is supported by facts.

For me these things are rather uninteresting, but dangerous? The inside is quite huge and yellow (a capsule of sorts, containing the real toy). Inside of that you might have small stuff/a real choking hazard, depending on what you get (some things need to be assembled from parts).

My son is two. He wouldn't stuff that in his mouth. My daughter is 9 month old and stuffs everything in her mouth, so this is about as dangerous as ~everything~ in my household, including the toys of the 2 year old.

Plus .. I personally think that kids that still cannot distinguish between edible or inedible things shouldn't have chocolatey treats in the first place, but that's a different problem.

I mean, I guess the aluminum foil wrapping seems more dangerous to me then the toy inside, if we're talking about choke hazards.